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Kern County
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Kern County Sheriff's Department
As of April 2024, the Kern County Sheriff's Office operates 30 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
The Kern County Sheriff's Office received $135,000 in funding in 2017 from DOJ's Office of Justice Programs to implement a body-worn camera program.
Sources: Bakersfield NowDept. of Justice, Dept. Justice Assistance, Office of Justice ProgramsKGET
The Kern County Sheriff's Office operates a cell-site simulator
Sources: Kern County SheriffCEHRP
The Kern County Sheriff's Office maintains a voluntary registry of private and personal surveillance cameras.
Sources: Kern County Sheriff's Office
The Kern County Sheriff's Office had 13 drones in 2023.
Sources: Kern County Sheriff's OfficeCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.faa.gov
Bakersfield Police Department
The Bakersfield Police Department operates automated license plate readers. In 2021, the agency purchased 21 Flock Safety ALPRs. In 2023, the agency signed a $308,700, three-year contract with Flock Safety for 37 new ALPRs.
Sources: Bakersfield.comBakersfield NowBoard of State and Community Corrections
The Bakersfield Police Department received funding to outfit all police officers with Axon body-worn cameras by spring 2020.
Sources: BakersfieldKGET.com
The Bakersfield Police Department operated 28 drones as of 2023.
Sources: City of BakersfieldCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.MuckRock.com
Bakersfield Police Department has been using Shotspotter gunshot detection technology since March 2018. The initial two-year contract was paid for with a $450,000 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant,.
Sources: Eyewitness NewsBakersfield Police DepartmentFOX Bakersfield Now
Delano Police Department
The Delano Police Department received funding from California's Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program in 2023 for 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers
Sources: California Board of State and Community CorrectionsCalifornia Board of State and Community Corrections
The Delano Police Department operated drones as of 2024.
Sources: KERO-TVCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.cityofdelano.org
California State University, Bakersfield Police Department
California State University, Bakersfield Police Department began wearing body-worn cameras on July 1, 2018.
Sources: California State University, Bakersfield Police DepartmentKGETCalifornia State University Chancellor's Report
City of Wasco Police Department
The City of Wasco Police Department received a Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $30,000 for 15 body-worn cameras in 2023.
Sources: Justice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies
Ridgecrest Police Department
The Ridgecrest Police Department received authorization to install 24 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in February 2024.
Sources: Ridgecrest Daily-IndependentRidgecrest City CouncilRidgecrest City Council
Shafter Police Department
The Shafter Police Department installed 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in 2024.
Sources: Wasco TribuneThe Shafter Press
Taft Police Department
The Taft Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources: Taft Police Department policy manual
Tehachapi Police Department
The Tehachapi Police Department uses body-worn cameras.
Sources: Tehachapi Police Department
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026